the western storm, that of that energy moving across the mississippi river valley. areas that gotten undate wed undated with a foot of rainfall, incredible, extreme weather is here. martha: there is little white stuff sprinkling over the ski areas. >> we have to go west. martha: i think it's time. thank you, januar janice. louisiana also declaring a state-wide emergency after a suspected tornado tore apart a factory near baton rouge. heavy rain triggered flash floods, a slow moving storm dropping almost a foot of rain trapping people in their homes in some case. emergency crews reported at least 60 rescues they did. residents were really, truly caught by surprise. >> i knew it was going to rain and flood a little bit, but nothing like this. >> i never seen this much rain here before. this much water sitting or anything like that. martha: terrible. forecasters say that more rain unfortunately headed that way over the weekend. bill: they don't need that. there are new developments now in a legal fight every pictures of a dead osama bin laden. a watchdog group filing a